Tom Stoppard
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About
Czech-born tragicomic playwright who wrote Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, Arcadia, and The Coast of Utopia. He wrote more than 50 plays and countless other works throughout his prolific career.
Before Fame
While working in Bristol, he was more known for his strained attempts at success and his unstylish attire rather than for his writing style.
Trivia
He fled Czechoslovakia to escape the Nazis in 1939. He worked on the screenplay for the 1989 film Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade.
Family Life
He had two sons with his first wife, Josie Ingle, and then two sons with his second wife, Miriam Stoppard.
Associated With
He wrote the film Shakespeare in Love, which starred Gwyneth Paltrow.
